What Is a Raffle Ticket?

A raffle ticket is a numbered ticket that represents one entry into a raffle draw. Each raffle ticket is sold to a participant, with the matching number retained by the organiser so a winner can be selected fairly and at random.

Raffle tickets are commonly used by charities, schools, sports clubs, and event organisers to raise money while offering prizes in return.

Example of a standard raffle ticket showing numbering, counterfoil, prize details, and organiser information.

Items to Include on Your Custom Raffle Tickets

1. Organising body: The name of your school, charity, club, church or fundraising group
2. Counterfoil information: Details of when and to where the counterfoils, cash and unsold tickets need to be sent back
3. Registered charity number: For your registered charity number, if this applies to you
4. Promoter’s information: The promoter’s name and the address that your raffle is registered to
5. Draw title: The name of your raffle draw or fundraising event
6. Prizes: This can be a list of your top 3 prizes, your biggest prize, all your prizes or a note to say ‘many exciting prizes to be won’. You can fill this space with any prize information you wish
7. Draw date: Where and when your raffle draw will take place
8. Register details: The council that your draw or event is registered with, as well as the licence number if you have it. (See below for the legal requirements of registering a raffle)
9. Image or logo: Add your own image or logo, or choose from our stock of themed images
10. Ticket price: The price of your individual tickets

How Does a Raffle Ticket Work?

A raffle ticket works as a single entry into a raffle draw. When someone buys a raffle ticket, they keep the ticket as proof of entry while the organiser keeps the matching record. At the draw, one raffle ticket number is selected at random to determine the winner

Ticket start number: The number your batch of printed raffle tickets will start from. In most cases, this will be 00001. But if you’re re-ordering more tickets for the same event, please change the ticket start number to carry on from your previous ticket numbers

Raffle Ticket Specifications

• Standard ticket size: 184mm x 75mm including stub
• Serial numbers: Printed in red ink on both the ticket and the stub
• Perforations: Perforated twice, first between the ticket and the counterfoil, and again between the counterfoil and the stub
• Binding: All tickets are glued, not stapled, within the stub area in books of 5
• Paper: White 80gsm bond paper
• Ink: We use renewable, eco-friendly vegetable ink for all our printing. We print in black as standard, with an option to upgrade to full-colour raffle tickets. Our promotional prints and bespoke tickets are printed in full colour, which is included in the prices shown

Create Your Custom Raffle Tickets with our Template

Our standard raffle ticket template is 184mm x 75mm. But we can print custom raffle tickets of any size on request. Contact us to let us know your requirements and our expert printers will be happy to help.

If you want to upload your own artwork for custom raffle ticket printing, start by downloading our blank raffle ticket template. This includes the measurements and positioning you need to follow for the ticket to be in our standard size.

(Need some inspiration? Check out our custom raffle ticket gallery to see a wide range of designs we’ve printed for other happy customers!)

Download Ticket Template

Legal Requirements

There are a few legal requirements that you should be aware of when running a raffle.

In certain cases, your raffle must be registered with your local council. It’s the responsibility of the organisation running the draw to complete the registration.

Please contact your local council for guidance on whether your raffle draw needs to be registered or not, and if it should comply with The Gambling Act 2005.

When registration and compliance are required, it’s an offence to order, print or distribute tickets that don’t comply. For example, all tickets intended for sale to the general public in advance of a raffle draw must be registered with your local council.

The following is a brief guide to the information your ticket must include, with reference to the numbered sections of the custom raffle ticket template shown above:

1. Contact information and a date for the return of unsold tickets, cash and counterfoils on the counterfoil
2. The registered charity number, if the organisation running the draw is a registered charity
3. The promoter’s name and address
4. The place, date and time of the raffle draw
5. The name of the council the raffle registered with, though this doesn’t necessarily need to include the licence number
6. Ticket price. All printed raffle tickets for each draw must be sold at the same price. It’s illegal to offer tickets below the printer price. When selling a book of tickets, it must be sold for the full value of the tickets it contains

For more information, please see our guide for how to run a legal raffle.

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If you’re running a fundraiser or event, you’ll usually need professionally printed raffle tickets to sell in bulk and manage entries properly.

Helpful Resources

For more information on printing tickets and running a successful raffle, you might find these resources helpful:

1. Step-by-step order guide
2. How to run a raffle in 10 simple steps
3. Summer raffle planner
4. Christmas raffle planner
5. Raffle Tickets 4U FAQ